![](https://cdn.thepoke.com/uploads/2023/02/06004959/recipes-1.jpg)
Matt Shirley’s graph hilariously captures the torturous truth about online recipes
Matt Shirley‘s charts are one of the most reliable joys on the internet. They’re endlessly entertaining and cover a wide range of topics, such as –
The calendar …
Phone calls …
Compliments …
And this other ubiquitous online phenomenon – the blog-style recipe
After Matt shared the chart on Reddit’s r/funny, the comments suggested he’d got the ingredients just right.
When I was 9 my father was exploded by an improperly maintained gas range. When I moved with my Aunt across the country to her apple orchard I had a very hard time making friends. To make my Aunts Apple Pie you will need:
NaaastyButler
Food Blogger: Wondering how to make apple pie, I will let you know !
Me: Cool! Thank-
Food Blogger: I was born on a farm in Tennessee. My father was an angry man with 4 fingers on each hand. A war injury…
Denaaa88
Finally someone speaking the truth.
Necessary_Essay2661
I’ve been learning how to smoke meat and by God, if every recipe website isn’t like this. I just want to know how long to smoke a 5 lb brisket man, not the history of it.
Will_ww
“Jump to recipe” is both a godsend, and infuriating that it needs to exist
RKO-Cutter
Like tell me the recipe and not your life story!
D6u4
There were one or two minor gripes. Okay, three …
Well yeah, you get what you pay for.
Obsertaries
I would add a small slice of “The most useless user comments about anything that you can find on the Internet”.
I was looking at a recipe the other day and a user posted, “This looks great, but I don’t have any peanut butter. Would cream cheese work?” And I can’t help but think, this is a person we just let operate an oven and have access to sharp knives?
johhnnyfive
The recipe slice is too large….
mmmaaahhhaaa
Here’s a top tip from u/IrrelevantPuppy.
Tip that works for most of sites like this. Find the print recipe button and it’ll take you to a page with much less clutter and pretty much just the recipe itself.
Good to know.
You can follow Matt via a variety of social media and all the links are on his website.
This ‘Why I have a beard’ chart has it covered
Source Matt Shirley Image Matt Shirley